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CBS News
20 hours ago
- Business
- CBS News
Dallas Wings now 0-2 in series with Seattle Storm after losing 83-77
Dallas fell to the Storm for the second time this season, losing 83-77 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle Tuesday night in the team's first Commissioner Cup game. DiJonia Carrington led the Wings with a season high of 22 points and eight rebounds, and Myisha Hines-Allen recorded her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Getty Images The Wings ended the first half of the game with the lead at 38-30, and rookie Luisa Geiselsoder made a wide-open 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer. But the Storm battled to capture the win behind Gabby Williams' 18 points, and both Nneka Ogwumike and Erica Wheeler caught fire in the second half. Seattle also went on an 18-4 run as Dallas went without a field goal for five-plus minutes, missing eight straight shots. And Dallas' star guard Arike Ogunbowale was held to eight points on 4-of-15 shooting. The Wings ended their night shooting nearly 35% from the field, 25% from 3-point range and 66.7% at the free throw line. Despite the loss, the team outscored Seattle in the paint, 44-38, in second chance points, 18-2, and outrebounded them at 48-31 on the night. Up next Dallas now slides to 1-7 on the season, putting them in last place in the Western Conference. The team will return home to Arlington to face the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday, June 6, at College Park Center to continue Commissioner's Cup play. Paige Bueckers, who has been out of the last two games due to concussion protocol, is expected to make her return to the court too. Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m. CT. What is the Commissioner's Cup? The WNBA will play its annual in-season tournament over the next few weeks. Each team will play the other teams in their conference one time during that window. The West will have six games with the addition of expansion team Golden State. The East will play five. The teams with the best record in each conference will face off in the title game. The winning team receives a $500,000 cash prize pool to divvy up as well as each player on that squad will get $5,000 in cryptocurrency from Bitcoin.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Liberty torch Sun for record 48-point blowout to tie best start in franchise history
We've got you covered on the Liberty beat Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Madeline Kenney about all things Liberty and WNBA. tRY IT NOW The Liberty opened Commissioner Cup play Sunday torching the Sun, 100-52, for the biggest win in franchise history. Ten days after setting the WNBA record for most 3s made in a game, the Liberty matched it again. 'One more 3' chants broke out with less than two minutes to go after the Liberty drained their record-tying 19 3-pointers earlier in the fourth. But that final trey never came. The Liberty were led by Sabrina Ionescu's four 3-pointers and 18 points. Ten of the 11 Liberty players who attempted a 3 made at least one from behind the arc and five players sank multiple as they finished a staggering 19-for-32 or 59.4 percent. 4 Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu react during the Liberty's win against the Sun on June 1. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post Also, Ionescu is now one 3 away from tying Crystal Robinson for most career 3s in franchise history. It's one thing to beat a team mightily, which the Liberty have already done a few times this season. It's another to totally crush a team's spirit and leave them lifeless. 4 Natasha Cloud celebrates during the Liberty's win against the Sun on June 1. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post 4 Sabrina Ionescu looks to move the ball during the Liberty's win against the Sun on June 1. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post Sunday was a show of dominance that's never been seen before. New York ran Connecticut out of the gym in the first half and never let up. The Liberty opened the game going 7-for-9 from deep and made 12 3s by halftime. 4 Sabrina Ionescu reacts after hitting a shot during the Liberty's win against the Sun on June 1. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post Their 32-point halftime lead was the franchise's second largest lead entering the third quarter ever. In the third quarter, the Liberty outscored the Sun 30-8. Sunday's 48-point margin of victory was the largest in franchise history. The Liberty's previous biggest win was when they beat the Mystics by 43 points on Aug. 13, 1998. With the win, the Liberty's 7-0 start ties the 1997 team for the best start to a season in franchise history. Sunday completed a grueling stretch for the Liberty, who played four games in six days. They'll get a few days of rest before returning to Washington D.C. Thursday to play the Mystics.
